Whats unbuffered memory?

[megagabobe1]

i have a second pc at home which is a hp compaq 6005 pro mt, and i want to add 2 more gb of ram so that it has 4gb. In the hp web page they say it supports up to 16gb of unbuffered ddr3 ram, but i dont know what that means haha

any help will be highly appreciated

 

[rolli59]

Normal none ECC DDR3 ram! Sample http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006050%20600006066&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB%20%282%20x%202GB%29&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

 

[megagabobe1]

Normal none ECC DDR3 ram! Sample http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006050%20600006066&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB%20%282%20x%202GB%29&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

could u explain me the difference between the other types of ram? and then i can run these on the hp pc? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313102

 

[rolli59]

ECC ram which is error checking server ram is both produced in unbuffered and buffered, your normal ram is none ECC unbuffered.
Explained much better here than I can do http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_Buffered_DIMM

 

[megagabobe1]

ECC ram which is error checking server ram is both produced in unbuffered and buffered, your normal ram is none ECC unbuffered.
Explained much better here than I can do http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_Buffered_DIMM

thx man, could you give me a link to the best quality memory of this type?

 

[megagabobe1]

after reading i think i undestood, this is an example on unbuffered ram right?? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148262

 

[rolli59]

Yes!

 

[DelroyMonjo]

Yep...

 

[megagabobe1]

Yes!

thx bro!!, then ill get the one in the link i showed u

 

[megagabobe1]

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